Washington DC, Oct. 20 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday renewed his call for New Mexico to change its name to "New America," in a post on Truth Social.

"New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!" Trump wrote, adding that the new name would add "great value and prestige" to the state and that home values and incomes would rise.

The post follows a similar suggestion he made in September, when he shared an edited map with "Mexico" crossed out and replaced with "America."

Trump first floated the idea of renaming the state "New America" in early September. Today's post is his strongest statement on the matter so far.

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